Forget the latest summer blockbuster movie or what is available On Demand or at the video rental store. For quality film viewing, if you're a football coach -- or just enjoy watching the game played the way it should be -- Canon-McMillan's Guy Montecalvo has the perfect summer viewing for you: Film on Big Macs standout defensive lineman Alex Pihakis.

"A number of big-time coaches have told me they haven't seen anybody perform better on film," said Montecalvo, the Big Macs head coach. "You should see the highlight video we made of his past three years.

"He was just so productive and he played with such tenacity and toughness. You just don't find that very often in a lot of defensive linemen. Everybody who saw him on film said they just really loved him on tape -- the same with those who saw him in person."

Plenty more will get a chance to see Pihakis at 6 p.m. tomorrow. That's when the West squad will taken on the East in the Pennsylvania State Coaches Association's annual All-Star Game at Altoona's Mansion Park Stadium in Altoona, Pa.

The only four-year starter Montecalvo has had in three decades of coaching, Pihakis holds Canon-McMillan's single-season and career sack records.

"He has an uncanny ability to get off blocks," Montecalvo said. "As a freshman, he already had that athleticism and quickness and strength. He was ready as a freshman and played very well as a freshman.

"No question he definitely improved [throughout his high school career], and he improved in all those areas -- speed, strength, quickness, knowledge of the game. He was as good as a defensive lineman as there was around."

While Pihakis was rewarded for that with a chance to play at Delaware ---- a Division I-AA power -- Montecalvo still doesn't have to answer any questions about his claims of "big-time coaches" praising Pihakis claims.

That's because Pihakis, who originally planned to walk on to Arizona State, stands only about 5 feet 11 (that might even be a generous estimate -- although he is listed in some programs as tall as 6-0).

"As far as down lineman go, he's the most productive we've ever had -- and we have been blessed to have a number of big-time Division I offensive and defensive linemen," Montecalvo said.

If you think being blessed with the skills of a perfect defensive lineman while only being given the height of a cornerback is a curse, don't look for Pihakis to accept your pity.

"Everything happens for a reason. I'm the height I am due to genes and everything else. I can't really dwell on that," he said. "It'd be nice to be 6-3 or 6-4; everyone wants to be that. But I like being 5-10, 5-11. It just helps me. That's who I am; I don't want to change and be anyone else. I don't think about it at all, actually. I'm happy with where I'm at."

That would be about to head to Delaware, where he gets to play for a Blue Hens team that won the Division I-AA championship as recently as six years ago and played for the title in 2007.

"I liked what the coaches had to say there," said Pihakis, who plans to major in sports management. "It's the best place for me, not only for football but for academics."

"A lot of coaches told me if he was 6-3 and 240 or 250 pounds, he'd have been recruited by everyone in the nation," Montecalvo said. "Still, at 5-10, 235, he's found himself a great situation down at Delaware."

As for his innate playmaking ability, Pihakis believes the fact he was on the field so much and for so long in four seasons led to the development of his football intelligence and knack for being at the right place at the right time.

But don't forget -- part of what earned Pihakis so much playing time as a freshman was that he had shown that ability.

"For me, it's pretty much just instinct," he said. "I see something, I react. I don't really think about it. I definitely attribute that to the coaches I've had."

With 12 respected head coaches from around the state at the East-West game, Pihakis figures he'll get even more quality instruction this week in Altoona.

"There are so many good players and good coaches on our team, this is such a good experience getting ready for college," he said.

Canon-McMillan High School lineman Alex Pihakis, going through an agility drill in the preseason last year, is a member of the West team in the annual PSFCA East-West All-Star game in Altoona, Pa., tomorrow night.